GUYS I AM BACK I AM NOT DEAD. I mean it's only been 3 weeks since I updated but no, I'm not going on another writer's block for a year and a half. I was actually busy writing like 7 different Shizaya stories, and deciding which prompts I liked writing best. Ayyyyy.
This is supposed to be cute, fluff, angst, sad, and love, but I suck at writing literally all of those things so lets just hope.
Feel free to comment and favorite and whatever, but I'm not forcing you~! Totally your choice, but it does raise the change of another chapter being updated sooner tbh.
-Tori :D
For as long as Izaya can remember, he has been able to see people's deepest, darkest secrets. It comes in the form of a simple sentence written above their head, including Izaya's himself.
The information broker spun around in his chair, ignoring the glares his assistant, Namie, was giving him. "I'm going to laugh at you if you make yourself sick doing that."
Izaya sighed, but slowed down anyways into a gently stop. He didn't bother reading what stood above her head as it came into view; he had read it a million times already, and it hadn't changed since the raven knew her.
NamieYagiri has killedsomebody for her brother.
The raven gave a playful smirk, lacing his reply with sarcasm. "Ah, Namie, you wound me so~!"
"If you would drop dead, that would be great." She didn't glance up from the stack of paperwork in front of her. To anybody else, it would look like a month's worth of work, and yet that was only a small fraction of what she'd already done today.
Izaya's smirk did not falter, only widen. "I'm so glad I can trust you with all my heart not to stab me in the back and betray me, my dear Namie~!"
"Keep that up and I'll invite Heiwajima over while you sleep."
Yikes.
Despite contrary belief, Izaya did not wish to get murdered in his sleep, and nor did he plan on waiting up all night just to see the next morning.
The information broker had finished all of his work for the day (it only included a couple conferences and phone calls), and promptly decided he wanted to go out, despite the sun already starting to set. He waved off Namie, who apparently had no problems betraying him, changing the subject completely. "You can leave after you finish that pile. I have something I need to attend to, so I'll be off~! Make sure you lock up!"
And with that, Izaya, who had been standing in front of an already open door, quickly shut it when he was on the other side. Free from Namie's view, the raven's fake smile disappeared as swiftly as it had appeared. It was tiring, keeping a mask on in front of everybody all the time, but Izaya refused to show any sort of weakness to his humans, and especially not the brute.
Izaya started to head over to Ikebukuro, with no intentions but to visit the crazy doctor. The raven had been having a bad gut feeling all day, and was starting to think he was actually getting sick. It was like, one of those feelings where you just know something is terribly wrong, but there's nothing out of the ordinary. The feeling had been bothering Izaya all day, and so far nothing had happened.
And that is what led Izaya to the conclusion that maybe he was getting sick. Maybe it was a new disease that Shinra would love to dissect him over (wait-), or maybe it was actually a bad feeling.
Izaya wasn't Shizuo; he didn't have the beast-like instincts that Shizuo seemed to have, just his fast reflexes. The brute was always able to sniff the raven out, and it irked him to no end that he couldn't hide from the blond if he wanted to (he's tried). Izaya wouldn't be surprised if Shizuo actually acted off of 'gut feelings' instead of thinking logically. Actually, that made too much sense…
It was only starting to get dark out, and the raven couldn't help but to glance at every passerby's secrets. The words seemed to glow in the dark, always perfectly in view, no matter where he was.
Emi Yodogawa's mother is abusive towards her.
Mayo Satow is pregnant with her brother's best friend's child.
Keita Haruno is chronically depressed.
Hiromi Akamine caused his little sister's death.
All of these were not uncommon, including much more sinister ones sometimes. Sometimes, Izaya would have fun with these secrets, delving deeper into them, causing the people he messed with to do drastic things.
He looked above, at the glistening, not-quite-full moon, mixed perfectly in the starry night above. The raven's eyes glanced to his own secret, one that had not changed for as long as he could read.
Izaya Orihara is able to read everybody's darkest secrets.
Izaya didn't think he had been walking for longer than 10 minutes, but he realized half an hour had passed when he stepped in Ikebukuro, home of the wild beast nobody could control. Had he really been daydreaming for that long?
The beast, of course, had a secret too. Sadly, it wasn't something Izaya could use against him, even in the worst of times. The raven didn't even think he realized it, or just didn't think it was important enough to tell anybody if he did.
It wasn't hard to remember exactly what was written; it hadn't changed since the first time Izaya met the brute.
Shizuo Heiwajima is secretly gay.
The reason Izaya didn't even try to use that against the blond was for multiple reasons. One, Izaya didn't care what somebody's sexual orientation was, or even if they were trans. To him, all humans were just… human. Nothing more, nothing less, and Izaya loved all of them equally.
And two, though the raven probably identified as asexual, he was probably a bit gay himself, being honest. Males were much more attractive than any females, especially ones with blond-
Izaya's line of thought was cut off as the door he stood in front of swung open. He didn't even realize he had already made it to Shinra's apartment, nor did notice ever ringing the doorbell, but he must have. (Good thing he didn't run into Shizu-chan while he was lost in though..)
The doctor adjusted his glasses upon seeing his friend, his eyes glancing up and down the raven's body. "Oh, Izaya! What're you doing here? You're not hurt again, are you?"
"Ah, not this time, Shinra~!" Izaya paused, entering the apartment and shutting the door behind him. He made his way to the couch, plopping down on it before continuing. "I was wondering if you could give me some.. 'advice', per say."
"What kind of advice?" Judging by the doctor's full attention towards him, Izaya easily concluded that Celty must not be here right now.
He looked towards Shinra, glancing to the words overhead by habit.
Shinra Kishitani is living, and in love with, a headless Dullahan.
Izaya honestly couldn't tell how that was still counted as Shinra's secret, especially since he practically couldn't shut up about her. The usual smirk was missing from Izaya's mouth, but the sarcastic attitude was definitely still there.
"Well, being my closest friend and all-"
"I'm your only friend"
"You wound me, Shinra~" Izaya feigned being hurt, stabbed in the chest by nothing but the truth. "Anyways, I've had a really uneasy feeling in my gut all day, and I just wanted to make sure I'm not going to die from it."
"An uneasy feeling in your gut? You know, you could have just called me." Shinra flipped through some documents on his table. What about, Izaya had no idea.
The raven thought back to a depressing Namie in his office who really couldn't take a joke. A smirk finally found its way to Izaya's lips, but Shinra wasn't really worried. "Well, I wanted to go out for a walk, maybe to pick up some ootoro on my way back~"
Shinra sighed. "Can you describe the feeling a little more? It sounds kinda like something, but I'm just making sure."
"It basically feels like one of those gut feelings, you know, where you feel like something terribly wrong is gonna happen and then it either does or doesn't?"
The doctor adjusted his glasses again, slightly relieved yet not. "Well, to me that just sounds like it is a gut feeling, but I thought Shizuo was the one who usually gets those?"
Izaya's smirk faltered when he noticed Shinra's unwavering stare, as if waiting for an answer. "How should I know? You're the doctor here."
"Yes, but you're Izaya Orihara. You probably knew what it was all along and just wanted an excuse to come to Ikebukuro, though not having an excuse has never stopped you before-"
"Shinra, you're rambling."
"Hm? Oh, I suppose you're right. Anyways, if symptoms persist, just call me later or something, but it doesn't sound like anything but a gut feeling. Maybe Shizuo's finally rubbing off on you!" Izaya sent the doctor a death glare, but headed to the door.
"Well, anyways Shinra, I have some business to attend to, so I shall be taking my leave!" The doctor gave a smile and waved as Izaya shut the door behind him.
Izaya actually had no idea what to do about the feeling, since Shinra was definitely no help. He literally couldn't be less vague sometimes. The raven did, in fact, have a plan for what to do now.
It wasn't hard to actively seek Shizuo out in the crowd, especially since the blond always seemed to find Izaya whenever he got close. After the information broker rushed out of Shinra's apartment, it only took him five minutes to find his target.
Shizuo was with Celty, sitting on a bench in a deserted park. It was already dark out by this point, though there was no doubt in Izaya's mind that wasn't why it was empty. People tended to avoid being around Shizuo, and with the famous Headless Rider sitting next to him, people were sure to avoid the place like the plague.
Of course, some people were idiots and chose to approach the duo, to which they were promptly discarded with little care. This time though, they were all alone. Nobody dared approach them.
Izaya stood across the street from the two friends, glad his jacket made him blend in with his surroundings. He couldn't make out what either were saying (especially considering Celty doesn't talk), but he noticed when Shizuo nodded and waved, and when Celty got up soon after.
Izaya realized she must be heading home for the night, or maybe she had a job to do. Either way, he was now alone with the brute, who would notice the 'smell' is off and promptly start chasing the raven within the next minute.
Defying Izaya's predictability for the brute yet again, Shizuo watched as Celty left. Once she was surely out of range, the blond's smile dropped and he sunk back on the bench, as if he was putting on a mask while his friend was there. Izaya knew too much about masks, and he had never seen Shizuo with one.
The raven silently crossed the street, not finding any reason to hide anymore. The blond didn't react to Izaya getting closer, which must mean his senses were dulled today or something.
Soon, the information broker was close enough to read the same secret Shizuo's always had on him… only it… wasn't.. the same…
Izaya immediately knew why he'd had the bad feeling all day, and instantly regretted ever being able to read secrets. All his life, he'd loved it, knowing something about the person that nobody else knows, but now… Izaya wished he'd never been given the ability.
Shizuo Heiwajima wants to die.